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on 12/19/02 4:57 PM, J Bergquist at j@ship.saic.com wrote:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>I use driftwood that I pick up from the shoreline near my dock. It is hard to start, but burns well once it gets going. I use small pieces of duraflame logs as firestarters. I bought a box of them back in October and still have about 1/4 of the box left. I never tried charcoal, because I was afraid it would make too much soot. As it is, my charley noble gets pretty black, but I haven't gotten much soot on deck. <BR>
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I haven't figured out how to stuff the thing full enough with wood that it is still going in the morning. Currently I wake up with cold feet...<BR>
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ciao<BR>
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J<BR>
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George Dinwiddie wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE>Bob Chambers said:<BR>
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Charcoal is best fuel.<BR>
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I think lump charcoal is the best fuel. Charcoal briquettes generate<BR>
a lot more ash and a lot less heat. Good dry hardwood (the offcuts<BR>
of white oak I got from the boat shed at the St. Michael's Maritime<BR>
Museum were great) is better than briquettes. Coal puts out a lot<BR>
of heat, but can be hard to start. The self-lighting briquettes will<BR>
drop a lot of soot on your deck.<BR>
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I use small (or pieces) wax-impregnated firestarters for getting it<BR>
going.<BR>
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- George<BR>
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HI there,<BR>
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Could one of your guys post a picture of the height of the stove on the bulkhead? I am struggling with that decision just now.<BR>
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Oh, and the mastheads... I would be interested in participating in that too. I am not happy with the set-up I have rigged in order to have two genny halyards and of course the spinnaker block bale is just too damn close to the forestay.<BR>
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Gord #426 Surprise
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